Missouri 2025 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB117 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/02/2024

                    FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.117
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMURPHY.
0472H.01I	DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection569.170,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsectionsrelatingto
offensesinvolvingmotorvehicles,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section569.170,RSMo,isrepealedandtwonewsectionsenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassections569.170and569.175,toreadasfollows:
569.170.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofburglaryintheseconddegreewhenhe
2orsheknowingly:
3 (1)Entersunlawfullyorknowinglyremainsunlawfullyinabuildingorinhabitable
4structureforthepurposeofcommittingacrimetherein; or
5 (2)Entersunlawfullyintoamotorvehicleoranypartofamotorvehiclewiththe
6intenttocommitanyfelonyortheft.Asusedinthissubdivision,"enters"meansa
7personintrudeswith:
8 (a)Anypartofthebody;or
9 (b)Anyphysicalobjectconnectedwiththebody.
10 2.TheoffenseofburglaryintheseconddegreeisaclassDfelonyunlesscommitted
11undersubdivision(2)ofsubsection1ofthissectionandthepersonwasinpossessionofa
12firearmorstoleafirearmfromthemotorvehicleinwhichcaseitisaclassCfelony.
569.175.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofunlawfullygainingentryintomotor
2vehiclesifthepersonliftsthedoorhandlesorotherwisetriesthedoorsandlocksof
3successivemotorvehiclestogainentryintothemotorvehiclesunlessthepersonisthe
4ownerofthemotorvehiclesorhastheowners'permissiontoenterthemotorvehicles.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 5Forpurposesofthissection,"successive"meansliftingthedoorhandlesorotherwise
6tryingthedoorsandlocksofonevehicleafteranother.
7 2.TheoffenseofunlawfullygainingentryintomotorvehiclesisaclassEfelony.
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